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Feb 16, 2024

Overheard In D.C.: That’s What Friends Are For

“I’m just trying to remind myself that you’re not a bitch.”

Feb 09, 2024

Beatlemania In D.C.: 60 Years Ago, The Beatles Performed Their First U.S. Concert At The Washington Coliseum

Beatles historian Bruce Spizer takes us back 60 years ago, when The Beatles performed for 8,000 screaming fans at the Washington Coliseum.

Feb 09, 2024

Overheard In D.C.: Kansas City Cafe

“The last wedding I went to was a Hinge wedding. The next wedding I’m going to is a Bumble wedding.”

Feb 02, 2024

Overheard In D.C.: Smothered In Mayonnaise

“I have to get off that horse now before I end up lost in the desert of despair.” 

Jan 26, 2024

Overheard In D.C.: Check Yourself

“When I turned 27, I realized, ‘Woah, I’ve got to check myself before I wreck myself.’”

Jan 19, 2024

Overheard In D.C.: Unforgettable Gifts

“I’m deep in Navy Yard. I’m basically in Virginia.”

Jan 18, 2024

It’s (Almost) Time To Say Goodbye To That Weird Gas Station Under a Rosslyn Church

For now, it’s just the skywalk behind Rosslyn’s strange architectural duo that’s bound for the hereafter.

Jan 16, 2024

Photos: It Snowed, So Of Course There Was A National Mall Snowball Fight

About two dozen people showed up for the “Battle of Snowpenheimer” after a call out out by the Washington DC Snowball Fight Association (yes that’s a real thing).

Jan 12, 2024

Overheard In D.C.: L’Enfant Weirdos

“I’ve got emotions, and Taylor Swift is the happy emotion.”

Jan 05, 2024

Overheard in D.C.: It’s Resolution Time

“You can’t find anything here. I couldn’t find a German advent calendar.”

 
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